Empowering psychological coping strategies of learners in enhancing discipline in public secondary schools in Rangwe Sub-County, Kenya
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Keywords: Discipline, Psychological, Determinant, Indiscipline.Abstract
Acts of indiscipline among students especially at the secondary level of education is a universal challenge that is facing every school, evidenced by exam cheating, truancy, vandalism, sexual offenses, drug abuse and many others. Many methods and policies have been tried to combat indiscipline, but in vain. Based on this realization, there was need to focus a study on professionally engaging psychological determinant factors in enhancing discipline. The study objective was to assess the psychological determinant factors enhancing discipline level among learners in public secondary schools. The study was guided by Social Learning Theory by Albert Bandura which postulates that; learning takes place in asocial framework with an ever-changing and shared interaction between the person, environment and behavior. The population covered 43 public secondary schools from which a sample of 36 schools was randomly selected. Respondents were deputy principals, guidance and counseling teachers and school prefects. The study adopted cross-sectional survey research design and mixed research approach. Anonymity whereby participants were not identified by name, but rather codes were issued to represent the names. Research findings were analyzed with the help of Statistical Package for Social Science, version 27 into percentages, means, standard deviation and regression, after which, the findings were presented in tables and figures. Qualitative data was analyzed thematically and the results triangulated. Psychological determinants (positive mindset, social skills, motivation among others) when properly observed will positively and near moderately (r=.294 with a p-value of .001 when α=.05), predict discipline level of learners. The study recommended that the Ministry of Education in collaboration with the Teachers Service Commission should develop a framework for training guidance and counselling teachers on professional counselling skills and procedures to make this a reality in the schools.
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